PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member: Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New Mexico Academy of Science, the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering, American Institute for Biological Science, National Association of Biology Teachers.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

(1) Director of the New Mexico Academy of Science Visiting Scientist Program 1988 to present.
(2) Northeastern Regional Director for the New Mexico Junior Academy of Science Paper Competition.
(3)President of the New Mexico Highlands University Sigma Xi Chapter.

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Paper entitled "Properties of a Volatile Fungistatic Factor in Soil", published in Phytopathology 62:602-605, co-authored with Dr. R.R. Baker of the Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University

Paper entitled "Soil Fungistasis: Evidence for an Inhibitory Factor", published in Phytopathology 63:756- 759, co-authored with Dr. R.R. Baker of the Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University.

Poster presentation : Missy Trujillo, supervised by Maureen Romine and Jennifer Lindline, "The Effects of Fire on the Chemical Properties of Soils and Mycorrhizal Populations in the Elk Mountain Area", New Mexico Highlands University Research Day, Spring 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

(1) Collection, identification and study of the distribution of plants in the Las Vegas area and other areas in northern New Mexico.
(2) The effects of fire and other disturbances on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae populations.
(3) The effects of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae on growth and drought tolerance of various plants.